A special birthday

 My husband said he wanted to be mowing our acre in France on his 80th, and he got his wish. He is very fortunate to be able to! Here he is, wearing an appropriate T shirt given by a friend.

Having family members with us made it even better, and we did some touristy things, including a very wet visit to Mont St Michel!

The weather wasn't great, but it didn't deter us, and the dogs loved this beach.

 

The highlight was a musical party with friends, most of whom made a contribution. The family practised beforehand, indoors and out.

A clever friend made this magnificent cake.

Then everyone went home, and we got on with the jobs - including harvesting our apples.

More on the follies, and keeping up with Rosie

That dog of mine has been posting again, so I thought I should follow suit. 

The new patio in France came into use on our last visit. This was breakfast on a sunny morning.

In folly no.2, the motorhome, we had fun recently up and down the beautiful hills of Derbyshire. It was quite disconcerting at times finding ourselves poised on the brink of a totally-unforeseen downward swoop. On the upward slope that followed there was some doubt whether we'd actually make it to the top!

Probably inevitably, our photos usually seem to involve meals! Here I am, under the awning, with Rosie taking her ease.

The motorhome will be back in her usual parking spot soon, awaiting her next adventure, because in just over a week we are off to France. After a gap of two months or so, no doubt there will be a  jungle to tame - again.

Put to shame by my dog

 Some of you who have dipped into this blog may remember that my dog Rosie had a blog of her own, called Rosie's Ruminations. I think she's trying to shame me into posting more often, because I see she has just published a new post! If you would like to see what she's been doing, it's at www.doghair1.blogspot.com.

Here's a photo of Rosie in our motorhome, ready for a new adventure.

I can't feel too shamed because at least I have posted sometimes in the last nine years, whereas she has been most neglectful! We both need to do better.

He is risen!

 Wishing you all a happy and blessed Easter.

Calling all readers in the US!

 

There's a giveaway on the blog tour today - a signed copy for a UK reader and another for someone in the US.  Head to www.penelopeswithinbank.com to read an interview with me and find details of how to enter. 

Winding up the blog tour

 The blog tour for The Wounds of Time is coming to an end.  Seven bloggers have contributed so far and I am very thankful to them for their generous support. If you missed any, I'm giving their links below. Just two to go now: tomorrow Penelope Swithinbank is offering a giveaway to her UK and US readers, and on Monday - publication day! - my good friend Deborah Jenkins rounds off the tour. I should note that all these people are gifted authors you may well wish to investigate. In addition, Liz Carter is responsible for the production of the book including the cover design and I warmly recommend her publishing services. From Monday copies can be ordered from Amazon. I hope you may read, enjoy, and possibly also review. Thank you for reading this far!

www.wendyhjones-bookaholic.blogspot.com

www.yearningblue.weebly.com

www.cfdunn.co.uk

www.stillwonderinghere.net

www.vicarioushome.com

www.penelopeswithinbank.com

www.greatadventure.carterclan.me.uk

www.scskillman.com

www.ruthleighwrites.co.uk

More on the blog tour!

 

The blog tour for The Wounds of Time  resumes today with an article by author S.C.Skillman. 

On with the blog tour!

 Two fascinating views on The Wounds of Time! Paul Trembling (author of The Hidden Libraries, among others) is at https://yearningblue.weebly.com/the-reality-escape-committee  and today's review and interview is by Ruth Leigh, creator of Isabella M. Smugge at RuthLeighWrites. 

The blog tour begins!

 The blog tour for The Wounds of Time starts today with vicarioushome.com. Why not take a look?

A new book!

 

Novel number nine, almost published! The Wounds of Time is the third in a sort-of series following The Healing Knife and The Thorn of Truth. Today it can be pre-ordered on Kindle and there will be paper copies available after 21 March. Tomorrow 8 March a blog tour is beginning. Visit my Facebook page to keep track of what readers are saying!